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Seventeen Stakes highlight Kentucky Derby Week

POSTED: August 25, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seventeen stakes races cumulatively worth purses of $9.78 million are on tap for Kentucky Derby Week at Churchill Downs, which runs Tuesday, Sept....

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Omaha Beach and Vino Rosso shuttle to Spendthrift Australia

POSTED: August 24, 2020

VICTORIA, Aus. – New shuttle stallions Omaha Beach and Vino Rosso have arrived from Spendthrift Farm to Spendthrift Australia on August 6 looking in great order....

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Enforceable works in preparation for the Run for the Kentucky Derby

POSTED: August 24, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Under foggy conditions at Churchill Downs, John Oxley’s $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (Grade III) winner Enforceable continued his preparation for the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve...

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Max Player cruises five furlongs in :59.60 in preparation for Kentucky Derby

POSTED: August 24, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky.– George Hall and SportBLX Thoroughbred’s $1 million Travers Stakes (Grade I) third-place finisher Max Player recorded a swift five-furlong move in :59.60 Monday morning at Churchill Downs in preparation...

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Discovery: The Weight Champion Horse

POSTED: August 24, 2020

In the past, the mark of a great older horse was how much weight it could withstand and still win. Weight was the great equalizer,...

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Late to the Show, Just in Time for History: Stage Door Johnny Spoils a Crown

POSTED: August 24, 2020

Stage Door Johnny Here was Stage Door Johnny, Breakin’ all of the rules, Stopping that Forward Pass, And taking the last of the jewels. He...

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Rushing Fall fights Mean Mary to the wire and gives trainer Chad Brown fifth straight G1 Diana victory

POSTED: August 24, 2020

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown continued his domination in the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana, watching as 7-5 favorite Rushing Fall ran down pace...

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Maximum Security Wins TVG Pacific Classic and gets berth to Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic

POSTED: August 23, 2020

DEL MAR, Calif.  (Aug. 22, 2020) – Gary and Mary West, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s 4-year-old Maximum Security ($2.80), ridden by Abel Cedillo, won...

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Caracaro breezes easy five-eighths for Kentucky Derby (G1)

POSTED: August 22, 2020

While Grade 1 Runhappy Travers and Belmont Stakes-winner Tiz the Law pushed his work back a day due to sloppy conditions over the Saratoga main...

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